Prevent non-admin users from modifying, adding, or removing columns in the Default list view layout

[Chinmay_P]

Hello,

We have a requirement to prevent non-administrator users from adding or removing columns in the default list layout across all tables.
We attempted to address this using Before Business Rules on the sys_ui_list and sys_ui_list_element tables.
Business Rule 1 (on sys ui list)

• Filter Conditions: View is Default view
• Applied on : Insert , Update , Delete
• Condition: !gs.hasRole('admin')
• Script: Aborts the action and displays an error message.

Business Rule 2 (on sys ui list element)

• Filter Conditions: List ID.view is Default view
• Applied on : Insert , Update , Delete
• Condition: !gs.hasRole('admin')
• Script: Aborts the action and displays an error message.

During testing, we found that while the default list layout successfully restricts users from adding new columns via Configure > List Layout, the system concurrently deletes all other existing fields from the default view.
Does any one work on the same / any idea for this ?

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Chinmay_P 

code looks fine.

You will have to debug.

Even if you raise case with ServiceNow they won't help much regarding this as this is a custom solution

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